The crowdfunded Marmalade Skies festival has announced the indefinite postponement of its debut event in Goulburn, after a site inspection revealed “too great a fire risk for the event to go ahead”.
After Goulburn Mulwaree Council and the local police and fire department conducted the scheduled inspection, Marmalade Skies announced on its Facebook page it had “received some devastating news” that the event could not go ahead as planned on the weekend of Friday December 12 and Saturday December 13.
“[The authorities] have made this decision due to a range of contributing factors including a hotter/drier than expected summer forecast and that obviously it is a new, untested location and the heritage values of the buildings located on the property,” the statement said.
“MSF organisers have been working very closely with the Council to attempt to find a solution, however, due to the extremely limited time remaining before the event, it is not possible to implement any adequate additional procedures to ensure the safety of all those involved.”
Organisers expect to announce a new date and offer refunds to ticketholders no longer able to attend. Stay tuned to thebrag.com for more details as they arrive.
